Adam Satariano

An Algorithm Told Police She Was Safe. Then Her Husband Killed Her. (Published 2024) Spain has become reliant on an algorithm to score how likely a domestic violence victim may be abused again and what protection to provide — sometimes leading to fatal consequences.

El Ministerio del Interior lanza una campaña de propaganda para ensalzar las bondades de VioGen, que parece haber corregido fallos del pasado.
A veces este tipo de mejoras llegan tras un buen reportaje, como este de @satariano.bsky.social y @rosertoll.bsky.social
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A.I. Computing Power Is Splitting the World Into Haves and Have-Nots As countries race to power artificial intelligence, a yawning gap is opening around the world.

A new A.I. divide is forming. As the biggest companies and richest countries scramble for GPUs, much of the world is being left behind. It's a new type of inequality that will go a long way to determining development in the coming years. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Under Pressure, Telegram Turns a Profit for the First Time (Gift Article) Even as Telegram faces legal scrutiny and grapples with billions in debt, it is set to be profitable for the first time as it tries cryptocurrencies, subscriptions and ads.

When your CEO is detained on charges related to illegal content it wouldn’t seem to be a great time for a social media business. For Telegram, at least, the business is showing signs of life. In 2024, it broke a profit for the first time and revenue topped $1b.

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Some chat last month about the UK parliament trying to force Elon Musk to testify about X’s role in the Southport riots.

Here’s the actual letter sent to him last week. A polite invitation rather than a formal summons, with an offer to send somebody else “if you are unable to attend.”

Ev Williams, Twitter and Medium Founder, Unveils New Social App The serial internet entrepreneur, who co-founded Twitter and created Medium, was turning 50 and feeling detached from friends. Maybe a new start-up could fix that.

New story out on Mozi, the latest start-up from Ev Williams and Molly DeWolf-Swenson.

We talked about loneliness, relationships, mid-life, the history of social media and the promise and horrors of the Internet.

Check it out: www.nytimes.com/2024/12/12/t...

Ukraine Weighs Telegram Security Risks Amid War With Russia The messaging app’s popularity has soared during the war with Russia, leading Ukrainian officials to increasingly weigh Telegram’s upsides against its security risks.

When Ukraine's government needed help fighting Russian disinfo on Telegram earlier this year, it turned to Apple. The platform, using the leverage of its app store, has had more influence on Telegram than anyone, even nation states.

How One of the World’s Richest Men Is Avoiding $8 Billion in Taxes The chief executive of Nvidia, Jensen Huang, has taken advantage of popular loopholes in the federal estate and gift taxes, which have quietly been eviscerated.

"Mr. Huang is no moron."

Incredible story from @jessedrucker.bsky.social on how the world's 10th richest person is exploiting estate tax loopholes to avoid $8 billion in taxes.

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Ukraine Weighs Telegram Security Risks Amid War With Russia The messaging app’s popularity has soared during the war with Russia, leading Ukrainian officials to increasingly weigh Telegram’s upsides against its security risks.

New story about Telegram's importance in Ukraine. It's indispensable for communication and information, but it's also seen as a growing national security risk. Can the country disentangle itself from the ubiquitous app?

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Education Is Key to Fighting Disinformation on Social Media In our interconnected modern world, education is critical in the fight against disinformation.

My new piece for the New York Times, where I make the case that we need a lot more education to deal with disinformation, not more censorship and fact checks
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Meet 'decolonization' expert Nomma Zarubina, codename "Alyssa."

All over the US think tank circuit. Knack for meeting ppl. Officials, etc.

Just *last week* she posted pics speaking at an event on Parliament Hill in #Canada..

In fact, #FBI says, she's was taking direction from Russian
#FSB 1/

Ukraine's digital minister recently described the country's plans for swarms of autonomous A.I. attack drones... www.reuters.com/world/europe...

Steam Removes Oct 7 Game at Request of UK Counter-Terrorism Unit The creator of a game that allows players to recreate “Operation al-Aqsa Flood” says it’s no different than Call of Duty.

An October 7 game was removed from Steam at the request of a UK counter terrorism unit:

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Margrethe Vestager, the World’s Top Tech Cop, Is Making Her Exit (Gift Article) Margrethe Vestager, the European Union’s antitrust regulator, who put technology’s harms on the global agenda, reflected on a decade of taking on the biggest companies and what comes next.

I recently sat down with Margrethe Vestager in Brussels as she prepares to close out her term at the European Commission. We discussed her decade in office taking on the biggest tech firms and what comes next, including the influence of Trump and Musk.

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W.H. Lung, good lord what a show

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The Character Limit duo found in London. @rmac.bsky.social @kateconger.bsky.social

U.S. Proposes Breakup of Google to Fix Search Monopoly In a landmark antitrust case, the government asked a judge to force the company to sell its popular Chrome browser.

Some antitrust wish list from DOJ re: Google:
*Sell Chrome
*Sell Android or disentangle it from Google services
*Let rival search engines display Google results
*Share search data with competitors
*Stop paying Apple/others to be default search on iPhone/iPad/etc

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Cracking Down on Dissent, Russia Seeds a Surveillance Supply Chain Russia is incubating a cottage industry of new digital surveillance tools to suppress domestic opposition to the war in Ukraine. The tech may also be sold overseas.

We obtained dozens of internal documents from Russian digital surveillance companies that outline capabilities to track people online and on their phones.

Generative AI Raises Competition Concerns Generative AI has the potential to rapidly transform the way we live, work, and interact.

Well this is interesting and potentially very significant. https://www.ftc.gov/policy/advocacy-research/tech-at-ftc/2023/06/generative-ai-raises-competition-concerns

Barred From Grocery Stores by Facial Recognition British merchants are increasingly using the technology to combat shoplifting, raising questions about its spread as artificial intelligence rapidly improves it.

The latest sign of facial recognition’s creep into everyday life: British grocery stores using it create a database of shoplifters.